Green fluorescent protein labeling of primordial germ cells using a nontransgenic method and its application for germ cell transplantation in salmonidae

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 88-93

  Yoshizaki, Goro ^a,b   Tago, Yasuko ^a   Takeuchi, Yutaka ^a   Sawatari, Etsuko ^a   Kobayashi, Terumasa ^a   Takeuchi, Toshio ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Early development; Embryo; Gametogenesis; Gene regulation

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHIMERA; CRYOPRESERVATION; DONOR; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAINBOW TROUT; RNA TRANSLATION; SALMONID; ZEBRA FISH;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GENES, REPORTER; GERM CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PERCIFORMES; RNA; SALMONIDAE; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; ONCORHYNCHUS MASOU; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 20844458978     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.034249     Document Type: Article

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